Tag: Afghan security forces

10 killed in suicide attack on Afghan security forces: officials

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AFP) — A suicide attacker blew himself up near an Afghan security forces vehicle on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, mostly civilians, officials said, in the latest deadly violence to rock the country. The explosion in the eastern city of Jalalabad also left at least four people wounded and set a nearby petrol station alight, the provincial governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khogyani told AFP. Eight civilians were among the dead, Khogyani added. Some of […]

Afghan forces battle gunmen after blast near Pakistani consulate

Afghan security forces exchanged fire with gunmen barricaded in a house near the Pakistan consulate in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Wednesday (January 13) after a suicide bomber blew himself up, officials said. At least six people were killed and 11 wounded in the suicide attack and subsequent fighting, they said. The attack on the consulate, which comes amid efforts to restart the stalled peace process with the Taliban and ease diplomatic tensions between […]